Crime Report: More iPhone Thefts and Burglaries

It was another week with multiple iPhone thefts and break-ins for officers at the 88th Precinct, with nine Apple devices stolen — four iPhones, three laptops and two iPads — and a string of unsuccessful burglaries at a Clinton Avenue address.

Overall, the 88th Precinct reported 26 felonies and two arrests.

iPhone Thefts

Police reported the following iPhone thefts last week:

A criminal snatched a 13-year-old girl’s iPhone out of her hand just after 4 p.m. on Sept. 25, while she walked near the intersection of Classon and DeKalb Avenues, police said.

Crooks punched a 29-year-old man in the face and pulled his hood over his head on a sidewalk near the intersection of Gates Avenue and Downing Street, just before 9 p.m. on Sept. 25, police said. The muggers stole the man’s wallet and iPhone, cops said.

Two thieves stole an iPhone from a 45-year-old woman who was talking on the phone while walking near the intersection of Cumberland Street and Lafayette Avenue, just after 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, police said.

Someone hit a 36-year-old woman on the head and grabbed her iPhone out of her hand while she walked on Saint Felix Street, between Lafayette Avenue and Hanson Place, on Sept. 27 at 10 a.m., police said. The woman told cops her attacker fled on foot toward Fort Greene Place.

Razor Blade Attack

Officers arrested a 34-year-old woman who cut a man’s face and neck multiple times with a razor blade, police said. She attacked the man on Sept. 27 at 8:20 a.m., at a Classon Avenue apartment located between Putnam Avenue and Madison Street, police said. Salina Clark was arrested at the scene.

Laptop Lifted

A thief stole an Apple laptop from a 32-year-old woman who was sitting on a patch of grass in Fort Greene Park at around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, police said.

High-End Burglary

A burglar broke into a 36-year-old man’s Clinton Avenue apartment and stole items worth more than $20,000, police said. The man, who lives on Clinton between DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues, told cops he left his home just before 10 a.m. on Sept. 24 and returned just before 9 p.m. that same night. Upon arriving he discovered the lock was broken off his door and several items — including a camera, a MacBook Pro and an iPad 2 — were missing.

Aborted Break-Ins

Someone tried and failed to break into three apartments on Sept. 24 at another Clinton Avenue address located between DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues, according to police:

A 45-year-old woman left her apartment at noon on Sept. 24, cops said. When she returned at 6 p.m. the same day she noticed significant damage to her front door and lock, police said.

A 49-year-old man also left his apartment at noon on Sept. 24 and also came home at 6 p.m. to find his door and lock were damaged, police said.

Another woman left her apartment at 8 a.m. on Sept. 24 and returned at 12:15 a.m. on Sept. 25 to discover her front door lock was damaged, police said.

Unlawful Entry

A 36-year-old woman noticed the front door to her Grand Avenue apartment was wedged open with a box and $80 was stolen from her wallet while she was at home, some time between 3 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 29, police said. The woman, who lives on Grand between Greene and Lexington Avenues, told cops she lost the keys to her apartment on Sept. 25.

Missing Rings

A 38-year-old woman left the door to her Saint James Place apartment unlocked at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 25 so her landlord could let a repairman inside, police said. When she returned at 7 p.m. the same day she noticed two of her rings were gone, according to cops.

Belt Loosening

A pair of thieves stole a Louis Vuitton belt from a 13-year-old boy near Edmonds Playground at around 3:20 p.m. on Sept. 25, police said.

The Bicycle Thieves

Police reported the following bicycle thefts:

Someone stole a 36-year-old man’s Specialized Allez and Langster bikes some time between Sept. 23 and Sept. 29, cops said. He left the two bikes behind a locked gate on the side of his Saint Felix Street brownstone building, he told cops, which is located between Lafayette Avenue and Hanson Place. Cops said there was no damage to the gate lock.

A thief took two Schwinn bicycles, a Surly Pacer bicycle and a Coda sport bike from a 26-year-old woman’s Putnam Avenue home, located between Downing Street and Irving Place, some time between 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 10:15 a.m. on Sept. 29, police said.

A Light Theft

A crook stole six white LED lights — worth a total of $3,000 — from Sanders Studios on Waverly Avenue, some time between 2 p.m. on Sept. 28 and 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 29, police said. There was no sign of forced entry, cops said.

Bank Fraud

A 29-year-old man reported to police on Sept, 25 that someone made $1,600 in fraudulent purchases with his HSBC debit MasterCard. The man told cops that a few days earlier, he handed his card over to a cab driver to pay his fare, but the driver gave him back a different card.

Debit Theft

Someone used a 51-year-old woman’s debit card to make $3,730.08 in unauthorized purchases, police said. The woman, who reported the crime on Sept. 27, told cops she was in possession of her card at the time of the fraudulent activity. Emigrant Savings Bank has closed her account and canceled her card, the woman told police.

Cell Phone Fraud

AT&T sent a letter to a 48-year-old Fulton Street resident stating he owes the company $2,203.21 for an account he said he didn’t open, police said. The man reported the fraudulent account to cops on Sept. 26.

Failed Mugging

Three would-be thieves demanded money from a 24-year-old man inside a bodega on Fulton Street, between Clinton and Waverly Avenues, just before 3 a.m. on Sept. 29, police said. When the man refused, one of the crooks grabbed his cell phone and smashed it on the floor, according to cops. The trio then fled eastbound on Fulton Street, police said.

Forgotten Bag

A 23-year-old woman forgot her bag on a bench near Fleet Place and Willoughby Street at around 7:15 p.m. on Sept. 30, cops said. When she realized and went back, the bag — along with her MacBook and Nikon camera — was already gone, police said.

Repeated Trespass

Police arrested 48-year-old Frankie Parker for trespassing inside a house on Cambridge Place between Gates Avenue and Fulton Street at around 10:15 a.m. on Sept. 24, according to the Kings County District Attorney’s Office. Officers arrested him at the scene after the house’s owner noticed the front basement door was broken and open.

Mr. Parker was also arrested just two days earlier, at 1 a.m. on Sept. 22, for trespassing at the same address, police said. When officers caught him on Sept. 22, they also arrested 40-year-old Ezz Farraj, cops said.

Toy Assault

A man hit a 24-year-old woman in the head with a children’s toy at the intersection Navy and Tillary Streets, police said. The former couple got into an argument on Sept. 25, some time between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m., after the woman asked for money to support the children they share, according to cops.

Car Break-Ins

Cops reported the following car break-ins:

A 21-year-old woman told police that a crook broke the passenger-side window of her car, which was parked at Atlantic Avenue and South Oxford Street, some time between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sept. 23, police said. The thief stole her bag, paycheck, Sovereign Bank debit card, driver’s license and the keys to her house.

Someone broke into a 26-year-old woman’s car, which was parked on South Portland Avenue between Fulton Street and Hanson Place, and stole several items, including an iPad, passport and some books, police said. The criminal broke her car’s passenger-side window sometime between 7:35 p.m. and 8:50 p.m. on Sept. 30, the woman told cops.

Grand Theft Auto

A 63-year-old man’s 1988 Toyota Cressida disappeared from its parking space on Grand Avenue, between Fulton Street and Lefferts Place, some time between 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 24 and 8 p.m. on Sept. 25, police said.

Kyle Thomas McGovern, a graduate of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, is the staff reporter at The Local.

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